Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP)

Save on out-of-state tuition with the Western Regional Graduate Program.

Cal State Monterey Bay graduate students from the American West and select Pacific Islands may be eligible to receive a significant discount on non-resident tuition through the Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP).

The Western Regional Graduate Program WRGP is a tuition-reciprocity program coordinated by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). Eligible out-of-state graduate students can enroll in approved CSUMB graduate programs and pay the resident tuition rate instead of the nonresident rate if they are from the following states and territories:

 

U.S. States

Territories

  • Alaska 
  • Arizona
  • Colorado
  • Hawaii
  • Idaho
  • Montana
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • North Dakota
  • Oregon
  • South Dakota
  • Utah
  • Washington
  • Wyoming
  • Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
  • Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
  • Guam
  • Republic of Marshall Island (RMI)
  • American Samoa

Eligible Graduate Programs

  • Education (MA)
  • Environmental Science (MS)
  • Instructional Science & Technology (MS)
  • Marine Science (MS)
  • School Psychology (EdS)
  • Social Work (MSW)

Next Steps 

Students who are residents of these states or territories and are applying to eligible graduate programs must download, complete, and submit their WRGP Contract to graduateadmissions@csumb.edu when applying for admission.

Download WRGP Contract

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